Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government should have two more representative offices in Saudi Arabia to respond to the increasing number of Indonesian migrant workers employed in the Middle Eastern country, a spoksesman said.
In 2008 alone, 234,643 Indonesian migrant workers were employed in Saudi Arabia, Chief of the Indonesian Association of Migrant Workers Placement Agencies
(Himsataki) Yunus M Yamani said in a statement on Friday.
"On average Indonesia sends 20,000-25,000 migrant workers to Saudi Arabia (per year). The figure is the biggest in the Middle East. It can only be compared with those employed in neighboring Malaysia," he said.
Indonesia now had two representative offices in Saudi Arabia, namely the Indonesian embassy in Riyadh and the Indonesian consulate general in Jedda, he said.
As a result, they could not provide optimum services as the Indonesian migrant workers were employed almost in all areas in Saudi Arabia, he said.
"There are 42 cities in Saudi Arabia where Indonesian migrant workers are employed. To deal with problems faced by the Indonesian migrant workers at least two more representative offices are needed," he said.
He asked the Indonesian embassy and consulate general in Saudi Arabia to constantly provide better services to the Indonesian migrant workers despite their shortcomings.
"They are heroes of their families and have helped the Indonesian government overcome unmployment by living far away from their relatives, children, husbands or wives," he said.
Many incidents befalling Indonesian migrant workers had often ended in their death because the cases were not handled properly due to the lack of representative offices and staffers, he said.(*)
In 2008 alone, 234,643 Indonesian migrant workers were employed in Saudi Arabia, Chief of the Indonesian Association of Migrant Workers Placement Agencies
(Himsataki) Yunus M Yamani said in a statement on Friday.
"On average Indonesia sends 20,000-25,000 migrant workers to Saudi Arabia (per year). The figure is the biggest in the Middle East. It can only be compared with those employed in neighboring Malaysia," he said.
Indonesia now had two representative offices in Saudi Arabia, namely the Indonesian embassy in Riyadh and the Indonesian consulate general in Jedda, he said.
As a result, they could not provide optimum services as the Indonesian migrant workers were employed almost in all areas in Saudi Arabia, he said.
"There are 42 cities in Saudi Arabia where Indonesian migrant workers are employed. To deal with problems faced by the Indonesian migrant workers at least two more representative offices are needed," he said.
He asked the Indonesian embassy and consulate general in Saudi Arabia to constantly provide better services to the Indonesian migrant workers despite their shortcomings.
"They are heroes of their families and have helped the Indonesian government overcome unmployment by living far away from their relatives, children, husbands or wives," he said.
Many incidents befalling Indonesian migrant workers had often ended in their death because the cases were not handled properly due to the lack of representative offices and staffers, he said.(*)
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